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Lyme borreliosis: a review of data on transmission time after tick attachment

Commentary: There has been considerable debate among scientists regarding the exact time necessary for transmission of Lyme disease after a ...
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Expanded Study Confirms that Lyme Disease May Be Sexually Transmitted

Commentary: A new study implicating sexual transmission of Lyme disease has been published in the open access journal F1000 Research. ...
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Cuomo signs bill safeguarding Lyme treatments

Commentary: This article on Governor Cuomo signing the Lyme bill just appeared in the Poughkeepsie Journal. Lyme disease is a ...
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New tick-borne virus discovered after the death of Kansas man

Commentary: A new tick-borne virus, the "Bourbon virus" is being invested by the CDC after the death of a Kansas ...
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Governor enacts Barrett’s Lyme bill

Commentary: Governor Andrew Cuomo just signed the Lyme bill into law. This is major step forward in getting patients suffering ...
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LymeDisease.org responds to Slate’s “Lyme-Illiterate” article

Commentary: There was an article published in Slate magazine several days ago, which misrepresented both the science and suffering of ...
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Private member’s bill on Lyme disease gets final approval

Commentary: The Canadian Senate has passed a comprehensive bill on Lyme disease for the first time. The bill "calls on ...
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When It’s Not Just Lyme

Commentary: I wrote an article in Bottom Line Health on the role of tick borne co-infections and persistent illness in ...
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Don’t Homogenize Health Care

Commentary: This NY Times article was just published about the role of guidelines in health care, and applies to the ...
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Barrett encourages the governor to sign important Lyme Bill

Commentary: "Assemblymember Didi Barrett (D – Columbia, Dutchess) announced that legislation she authored that would expand treatment options for patients ...
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